Re: Schools working to overhaul the art of computer programming (The Columbian)

Pascal Bourguignon said:

Richard Heathfield <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

[...] Nevertheless, if I were to
say that the use of the word 'gay' to mean 'homosexual' is a /wrong/
use, people would say I'm being ridiculous. [...]

I'm all in favor of calling a cat a cat,

Some people call them 'aficionados of jazz', but yes, 'cat' works too.

and fags fags.

Presumably you're talking about cigarettes. :-)

Language is weird.

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Richard Heathfield
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